Ramirez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 RAYMOND RAMIREZ, et al., CASE NO. 18cv2136-LAB (MSB)

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION vs. TO REMAND [Dkt. 104] 12 THE GEO GROUP, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 The parties have reached a global settlement that resolves both this action and 15 other related actions, including one in San Diego County Superior Court and several 16 others pending in various state and federal courts throughout California. On January 10, 17 2020, the parties jointly moved to stay this action while they finalized a joint dismissal as 18 part of that global settlement. Given that the Court had already certified a limited class, 19 the Court ordered additional briefing as to whether it had authority to grant a joint 20 dismissal without being independently satisfied that the global settlement (reached in 21 another court but encompassing the claims at issue here) was fair. The parties submitted 22 the required briefing1 and now move to remand this action to San Diego County Superior 23 Court, where it will be consolidated with related state…